Crowne Institute takes on educational challenge
published: Wednesday March 29, 2006
"ONLY WHEN the vast majority of Jamaicans are able to have access to the highest quality education and training facilities will we be able to tackle successfully the scourge of crime, deviant behaviour among our youth, or begin the journey towards sustainable economic development," said Victor Edwards, chairman of the Crowne Education Foundation.
DISLOCATION AND DESPAIR
The noted educator was outlining the rationale for the recently-created Crowne Education Foundation, brainchild of businessman Robert Forbes, CEO and founder of the Crowne Institute of Professional Studies and the Olympia Crowne Hotel. Mr. Edwards said that much of the dislocation and despair found among many residents, particularly in less affluent communities, had its genesis in the inability of a large proportion of the youth population to fulfil their dreams.
PARTNERSHIP APPROACH
He called for the adoption of a stakeholder partnership approach in order to widen the social base to educational opportunities. To this end, the foundation's chairman said that he was looking to corporate Jamaica for annual budgetary allocations for the establishment of the trust fund.
The foundation proposes to defray 50 per cent of the tuition costs for City and Guilds Courses available at the Crowne Institute of Professional Studies.
